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• Small Pleasures
  This novel is set in the suburbs of London in the 1950s. Jean Swinney is a woman approaching 40 who still lives with her dependent and neurotic mother. her only comforts are the Small Pleasures - the ...
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• Something to Live For (1)
  I picked up this book assuming it would be a light, summer read (and a break from the gruesome thrillers I usually choose!) but I was pleasantly surprised by how the author tackled some pretty heavy t...
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• Something to Live For (2)
  Council worker and model railway fanatic Andrew lives an enviable and cosy existence with his family, or so he would have his colleagues believe. Everything changes for him when Peggy comes to work in...
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• Such A Fun Age
  Such A Fun Age starts with a bang as Emira, the story’s reluctant protagonist, is detained at the grocery store with accusations of ‘kidnapping’ the white child she actually nannies. This incident (fi...
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• Sweet Sorrow
  I loved this book! Charlie is sixteen, has big problems at home and school is a bit of a nightmare. However, one day whilst out on his bike he encounters a group of students from his school and the po...
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• The Appeal
  Surprisingly I really enjoyed this book. The way it’s written out in the form of e-mails from all the characters, they are being read out in court by two juniors in a court trail. As first it is confu...
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• The Beekeeper of Aleppo
  I was intrigued from the first line - I am afraid of my wife's eyes. It was a clue that this is not just another book exposing the worldwide plight of refugees. Nuri, a beekeeper from Aleppo in Syria,...
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• The Bell Jar
  Esther Greenwood is young, intelligent woman on the edge of greatness. She should be having the time of her life, having secured a place on a prestigious scholarship which bring her to New York. It is...
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• The Book of Dreams
  The Book of Dreams features three main characters: Henri an ex-war reporter, Sam (Henri's 13-year-old son) and Eddie, a woman who is facing losing the love of her life. Henri was hit by a car on his w...
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• The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
  Tom Hope is a practically minded sheep farmer in 1960s Australia - we find him at the start of the novel having been left by his wife - for the second time - leaving behind the son she had as a result...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023